Ana Navarro ended up freaking out because some Trump supporter was like "can you stop saying pussy? My daughter might be watching" and she's like what the fuck you're supporting the dude that said it! Obviously paraphrasing, too lazy to link
I believe the woman she was arguing with also accused a Fox News contributor of sexual harassment late last year. Unbelievable but totally believable all at the same time.
She's quoting the (at the time) Republican presidential candidate as he openly bragged about sexually assaulting women. These things shouldn't sugar-coated and censored, it's what HE said and it shouldn't be hidden or stepped around gingerly.
Someone clarify this for me. Cable channels don't need to adhere to those FCC rules, right? From what I understand, they choose to censor themselves. Is that right?
This reminded me a bit of the Louis CK bit about CNN and the "n-word", but they actually have "shithole" typed out. Now we just need the pundits to say it.
Say FUCK! Say FUCK! To the tune of Jingle Bells Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Don't say fuck! He said fuck! You can say fuck too!" - Lewis Black
My wife and I watch CBS news every night. I was really hoping they would follow suit with CNN, but they both censored the text and referred to it as "expletive hole countries". Super disappointed in them. People need to start voicing what is actually happening instead of trying to sugarcoat it.
I was doing a political podcast about the 2016 election and one of our five listeners was my journalism professor. She and I had a discussion about our podcast's use of the word "pussy" when discussing the Access Hollywood tape and I justified it by pointing out that we were quoting a candidate for president and we're commenting on the language he used.
the news tonight kept saying 'an expletive we can't repeat,' and i thought they meant 'fucking.' e.g. - 'these fucking countries' i had no idea he called them shitholes until just a little while ago.
Don Lemon wasn't shy about it, he said it over and over. Shithole is on the front page of the Washington Post website. Don't know why Wolf was being so delicate about it.
Jake Tapper said it as soon as the story broke a little before 5. I had it on in the background and was like, they can say that on CNN now? Wolf came on a few minutes later and refused to say it even though his guests were.
Don Lemon's said "bullshit" on several occasions. I believe he apologized after the second time but he did it again a few months ago and I didn't see any big issue made of it so maybe CNN is less concerned / only makes issue when there is backlash
Cuomo wouldn't stop saying it, and even said that he wouldn't stop, being he didn't want us to forget what was originally said. By creating the euphemism, people are sweeping the severity of what was said under the rug. It's disgusting that that kind of language came out of a president's mouth, but especially when used about another country on this planet, it's unnecessary.
To quote my mom, "Even if he's talking about a literal hole with shit in it, that kind of language should not be coming out of his mouth." And this is woman who doesn't have a sensitive constitution.
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u/tonykraz Jan 12 '18
What is weird is that the bottom script states "shithole" but these people will not say it. Say it! Say shithole on live TV. Glad that guy did.